Biosphere 2 was meant to prove we could build a world from scratch. Instead, it became a fight to keep the air breathable and the story from turning toxic.
In 1991, eight people sealed themselves inside a vast Arizona terrarium designed to test whether a closed ecosystem could sustain human life and one day help us survive on Mars. What followed was not just a biosphere experiment under glass, but a slow collision between science, survival, collapsing oxygen levels, and a press narrative determined to call it a joke. This week, we dig into what really happened inside Biosphere 2, why the project began to unravel, and whether it was ever the failure people still think it was.
Topics include
<ul>
 	<li>
The Biosphere 2 experiment and its original Mars habitat ambitions</li>
 	<li>
Why oxygen levels dropped inside the sealed ecosystem</li>
 	<li>
The biospherians, food shortages, and life inside the dome</li>
 	<li>
How media coverage helped distort the story of Biosphere 2</li>
 	<li>
Whether Biosphere 2 failed, or was misunderstood from the start</li>
</ul>
Resources and Further Reading
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2">Biosphere 2</a> - Wikipedia</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/life-under-the-bubble-1671">Life under the bubble</a> - Discover magazine</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Human-Experiment-Twenty-Minutes-Biosphere/dp/156025775X">The Human Experiment</a> - by Jane Poynter</li>
</ul>
Host &amp; Show Info<ul><li>Hosts:&nbsp;Kyle Risi &amp; Adam Cox</li><li>Intro Music: <a href="https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-alice-in-dark-wonderland-123894/">Alice in dark Wonderland</a></li></ul>Community &amp; Calls to Action<ul><li>Review &amp; follow on: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30Hh0xbotgbIyCL5tJE4zJ?si=OZdR3QfHSaae_HuBdFlPQA" target="_blank">Spotify</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-compendium-podcast-an-assembly/id1676817109" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></li><li>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank"> @theCompendiumPodcast</a></li><li>Website: <a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com" target="_blank">thecompendiumpodcast.com</a></li><li>Support us: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank">Sign up to Patreon</a></li><li>Circus Job Board: <a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com/jobs">Apply to join the Circus</a></li></ul>Share this episode with a friend!&nbsp;If you enjoyed it, tag us on social media and let us know your favourite takeaway. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Biosphere 2 was meant to prove we could build a world from scratch. Instead, it became a fight to keep the air breathable and the story from turning toxic.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In 1991, eight people sealed themselves inside a vast Arizona terrarium designed to test whether a closed ecosystem could sustain human life and one day help us survive on Mars. What followed was not just a biosphere experiment under glass, but a slow collision between science, survival, collapsing oxygen levels, and a press narrative determined to call it a joke. This week, we dig into what really happened inside Biosphere 2, why the project began to unravel, and whether it was ever the failure people still think it was.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topics include&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;
The Biosphere 2 experiment and its original Mars habitat ambitions&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;
Why oxygen levels dropped inside the sealed ecosystem&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;
The biospherians, food shortages, and life inside the dome&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;
How media coverage helped distort the story of Biosphere 2&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;
Whether Biosphere 2 failed, or was misunderstood from the start&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Resources and Further Reading&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2"&gt;Biosphere 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Wikipedia&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/life-under-the-bubble-1671"&gt;Life under the bubble&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Discover magazine&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Human-Experiment-Twenty-Minutes-Biosphere/dp/156025775X"&gt;The Human Experiment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - by Jane Poynter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Host &amp;amp; Show Info&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hosts:&amp;nbsp;Kyle Risi &amp;amp; Adam Cox&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Intro Music: &lt;a href="https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-alice-in-dark-wonderland-123894/"&gt;Alice in dark Wonderland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community &amp;amp; Calls to Action&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Review &amp;amp; follow on: &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30Hh0xbotgbIyCL5tJE4zJ?si=OZdR3QfHSaae_HuBdFlPQA" target="_blank"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-compendium-podcast-an-assembly/id1676817109" target="_blank"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Instagram:&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank"&gt; @theCompendiumPodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Website: &lt;a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com" target="_blank"&gt;thecompendiumpodcast.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Support us: &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank"&gt;Sign up to Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Circus Job Board: &lt;a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com/jobs"&gt;Apply to join the Circus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Share this episode with a friend!&amp;nbsp;If you enjoyed it, tag us on social media and let us know your favourite takeaway.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Biosphere 2 was meant to be a closed ecosystem proving humans could survive under glass, until an oxygen crisis forced secret fixes and triggered a spectacular public meltdown over trust, control, and what “success” even means.

Biosphere 2: The Grand Experiment That Could Not Breathe

Morgan Metzer survived a home invasion that ended with a far darker truth: the man who came to save her may have known exactly what happened.
On New Year's Eve in Canton, Georgia, a masked attacker entered a locked home, used intimate knowledge of the house, and left one woman bound, beaten, and terrified. The first person to find her was the ex-husband she still trusted, but the details of the night pointed somewhere far closer to home. This is a chilling story of gaslighting, coercive control, psychological abuse, and the case that later inspired Gaslit by My Husband.
Topics include
<ul>
 	<li>The New Year's Eve home invasion at the centre of Morgan Metzer's story</li>
 	<li>How gaslighting and coercive control shaped the years before the attack</li>
 	<li>The warning signs of psychological abuse hidden inside an old relationship</li>
 	<li>The real case behind Gaslit by My Husband</li>
</ul>
Resources and Further Reading
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32245467/">Gaslit by My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story</a> - Stream on Paramount</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/morgan-metzer-rodney-metzer-canton-georgia-ex-husband-home-invasion-rescue-hero-48-hours">Georgia man who attacked</a> - CBS News</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/morgan-metzer-georgia-attack-rodney-metzer-evidence-photos-48-hours">From hero to villain</a> - CBS News</li>
 	<li><a href="https://people.com/inside-morgan-metzer-attack-rodney-metzer-11876988">Saved by Her Ex-Husband</a> - People.com</li>
</ul>
Host &amp; Show Info<ul><li>Hosts:&nbsp;Kyle Risi &amp; Adam Cox</li><li>Intro Music: <a href="https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-alice-in-dark-wonderland-123894/">Alice in dark Wonderland</a></li></ul>Community &amp; Calls to Action<ul><li>Review &amp; follow on: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30Hh0xbotgbIyCL5tJE4zJ?si=OZdR3QfHSaae_HuBdFlPQA" target="_blank">Spotify</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-compendium-podcast-an-assembly/id1676817109" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></li><li>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank"> @theCompendiumPodcast</a></li><li>Website: <a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com" target="_blank">thecompendiumpodcast.com</a></li><li>Support us: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank">Sign up to Patreon</a></li><li>Circus Job Board: <a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com/jobs">Apply to join the Circus</a></li></ul>Share this episode with a friend!&nbsp;If you enjoyed it, tag us on social media and let us know your favourite takeaway. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Morgan Metzer survived a home invasion that ended with a far darker truth: the man who came to save her may have known exactly what happened.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On New Year's Eve in Canton, Georgia, a masked attacker entered a locked home, used intimate knowledge of the house, and left one woman bound, beaten, and terrified. The first person to find her was the ex-husband she still trusted, but the details of the night pointed somewhere far closer to home. This is a chilling story of gaslighting, coercive control, psychological abuse, and the case that later inspired Gaslit by My Husband.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topics include&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;The New Year's Eve home invasion at the centre of Morgan Metzer's story&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;How gaslighting and coercive control shaped the years before the attack&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;The warning signs of psychological abuse hidden inside an old relationship&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;The real case behind Gaslit by My Husband&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Resources and Further Reading&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32245467/"&gt;Gaslit by My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Stream on Paramount&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/morgan-metzer-rodney-metzer-canton-georgia-ex-husband-home-invasion-rescue-hero-48-hours"&gt;Georgia man who attacked&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - CBS News&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/morgan-metzer-georgia-attack-rodney-metzer-evidence-photos-48-hours"&gt;From hero to villain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - CBS News&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://people.com/inside-morgan-metzer-attack-rodney-metzer-11876988"&gt;Saved by Her Ex-Husband&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - People.com&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Host &amp;amp; Show Info&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hosts:&amp;nbsp;Kyle Risi &amp;amp; Adam Cox&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Intro Music: &lt;a href="https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-alice-in-dark-wonderland-123894/"&gt;Alice in dark Wonderland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community &amp;amp; Calls to Action&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Review &amp;amp; follow on: &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30Hh0xbotgbIyCL5tJE4zJ?si=OZdR3QfHSaae_HuBdFlPQA" target="_blank"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-compendium-podcast-an-assembly/id1676817109" target="_blank"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Instagram:&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank"&gt; @theCompendiumPodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Website: &lt;a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com" target="_blank"&gt;thecompendiumpodcast.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Support us: &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank"&gt;Sign up to Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Circus Job Board: &lt;a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com/jobs"&gt;Apply to join the Circus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Share this episode with a friend!&amp;nbsp;If you enjoyed it, tag us on social media and let us know your favourite takeaway.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Morgan Metzer’s story begins as a terrifying home invasion and unfolds into something even darker: a case of coercive control, gaslighting, and an ex-husband trying to cast himself as both monster and saviour. It is a brutal, deeply personal story about survival, manipulation, and the terrible clarity that arrives when the performance finally breaks.

Morgan Metzer: The True Story Behind Gaslit By My Husband

Nellie Bly faked madness to enter Blackwell's Island asylum, then turned fearless reporting into a 72-day race around the world.
Before she became a legend, Elizabeth Cochran was a young reporter trying to force her way into a profession that barely made room for women. This episode follows her rise from sharp-tongued columnist to daring undercover journalist, as she exposes the cruelty inside Blackwell's Island, builds her reputation through investigative journalism, and catches the eye of Joseph Pulitzer. From Ten Days in a Mad House to a globe-spanning stunt that made her famous, it is a story about nerve, performance, ambition, and the price of becoming extraordinary.
Topics include:
<ul>
 	<li>Her early career and the making of Nellie Bly</li>
 	<li>Going undercover inside Blackwell’s Island asylum</li>
 	<li>What her investigation revealed about care, cruelty, and institutional neglect</li>
 	<li>Investigative journalism as performance, risk, and public spectacle</li>
 	<li>Joseph Pulitzer, the New York World, and the machinery of sensational reporting</li>
 	<li>Her 72-day trip around the world and the frenzy that followed</li>
</ul>
Resources and Further Reading
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bly/madhouse/madhouse.html">10 days in a madhouse</a> - by Nellie Bly</li>
 	<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly">Nellie Bly</a> - Wikipedia</li>
 	<li><a href="https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/activism-and-the-progressive-era/nellie-bly/">Woman & The American Story</a> - nyhistory.org</li>
</ul>
Host &amp; Show Info<ul><li>Hosts:&nbsp;Kyle Risi &amp; Adam Cox</li><li>Intro Music: <a href="https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-alice-in-dark-wonderland-123894/">Alice in dark Wonderland</a></li></ul>Community &amp; Calls to Action<ul><li>Review &amp; follow on: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30Hh0xbotgbIyCL5tJE4zJ?si=OZdR3QfHSaae_HuBdFlPQA" target="_blank">Spotify</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-compendium-podcast-an-assembly/id1676817109" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></li><li>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank"> @theCompendiumPodcast</a></li><li>Website: <a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com" target="_blank">thecompendiumpodcast.com</a></li><li>Support us: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank">Sign up to Patreon</a></li><li>Circus Job Board: <a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com/jobs">Apply to join the Circus</a></li></ul>Share this episode with a friend!&nbsp;If you enjoyed it, tag us on social media and let us know your favourite takeaway. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Nellie Bly faked madness to enter Blackwell's Island asylum, then turned fearless reporting into a 72-day race around the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Before she became a legend, Elizabeth Cochran was a young reporter trying to force her way into a profession that barely made room for women. This episode follows her rise from sharp-tongued columnist to daring undercover journalist, as she exposes the cruelty inside Blackwell's Island, builds her reputation through investigative journalism, and catches the eye of Joseph Pulitzer. From Ten Days in a Mad House to a globe-spanning stunt that made her famous, it is a story about nerve, performance, ambition, and the price of becoming extraordinary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topics include:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;Her early career and the making of Nellie Bly&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;Going undercover inside Blackwell’s Island asylum&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;What her investigation revealed about care, cruelty, and institutional neglect&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;Investigative journalism as performance, risk, and public spectacle&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;Joseph Pulitzer, the &lt;em&gt;New York World&lt;/em&gt;, and the machinery of sensational reporting&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;Her 72-day trip around the world and the frenzy that followed&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Resources and Further Reading&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bly/madhouse/madhouse.html"&gt;10 days in a madhouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - by Nellie Bly&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly"&gt;Nellie Bly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Wikipedia&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/activism-and-the-progressive-era/nellie-bly/"&gt;Woman &amp; The American Story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - nyhistory.org&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Host &amp;amp; Show Info&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hosts:&amp;nbsp;Kyle Risi &amp;amp; Adam Cox&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Intro Music: &lt;a href="https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-alice-in-dark-wonderland-123894/"&gt;Alice in dark Wonderland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community &amp;amp; Calls to Action&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Review &amp;amp; follow on: &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30Hh0xbotgbIyCL5tJE4zJ?si=OZdR3QfHSaae_HuBdFlPQA" target="_blank"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-compendium-podcast-an-assembly/id1676817109" target="_blank"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Instagram:&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank"&gt; @theCompendiumPodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Website: &lt;a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com" target="_blank"&gt;thecompendiumpodcast.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Support us: &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank"&gt;Sign up to Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Circus Job Board: &lt;a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com/jobs"&gt;Apply to join the Circus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Share this episode with a friend!&amp;nbsp;If you enjoyed it, tag us on social media and let us know your favourite takeaway.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

A young reporter weaponises performance to reveal what happens when society locks people away and calls it care. Then she flips the whole enterprise into a global spectacle, racing the world itself - and winning.

Nellie Bly: 10 days in a mad house to 72 days around the world

In 2019, eBay went full villain in one of Silicon Valley’s biggest cyberstalking scandals. Today we’re diving into the fragile ego at the top, and the lengths the CEO went to in a harassment campaign against a wholesome suburban couple in Boston.
After critical posts hit a nerve, eBay’s CEO instructed their Global Security team to take down nay sayers at any cost. Today we track the emails, fake accounts, doorstep packages, and the FBI investigation that drags the whole operation into the light.
Topics include
<ul>
 	<li>EcommerceBytes, Ina and David Steiner, and the criticism eBay could not ignore</li>
 	<li>eBay cyberstalking tactics, fake accounts, and a harassment campaign gone rogue</li>
 	<li>Threat Matrix, private dossiers, and what Global Security thought it was doing</li>
 	<li>How the FBI traced the stalking back to eBay executives and DOJ charges</li>
</ul>
Resources and Further Reading

<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay_stalking_scandal">eBay stalking scandal</a> - Wikipedia</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2021/12/02/ebay-ecommercebytes-stalking/">Take her down</a> - Boston Magazine</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/ebay-employees-charged-cyberstalking-harassment-campaign/">Execs Made Life Hell for Critics</a> - Wired</li>
 	<li><a href="https://static.ebayinc.com/assets/Uploads/Documents/usa-v.-ebay-inc.-deferred-prosecution-agreement.pdf">USA vs. eBay</a> - Defered Prosecution Agreement</li>
</ul>
Host &amp; Show Info<ul><li>Hosts:&nbsp;Kyle Risi &amp; Adam Cox</li><li>Intro Music: <a href="https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-alice-in-dark-wonderland-123894/">Alice in dark Wonderland</a></li></ul>Community &amp; Calls to Action<ul><li>Review &amp; follow on: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30Hh0xbotgbIyCL5tJE4zJ?si=OZdR3QfHSaae_HuBdFlPQA" target="_blank">Spotify</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-compendium-podcast-an-assembly/id1676817109" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></li><li>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank"> @theCompendiumPodcast</a></li><li>Website: <a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com" target="_blank">thecompendiumpodcast.com</a></li><li>Support us: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank">Sign up to Patreon</a></li><li>Circus Job Board: <a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com/jobs">Apply to join the Circus</a></li></ul>Share this episode with a friend!&nbsp;If you enjoyed it, tag us on social media and let us know your favourite takeaway. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In 2019, eBay went full villain in one of Silicon Valley’s biggest cyberstalking scandals. Today we’re diving into the fragile ego at the top, and the lengths the CEO went to in a harassment campaign against a wholesome suburban couple in Boston.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After critical posts hit a nerve, eBay’s CEO instructed their Global Security team to take down nay sayers at any cost. Today we track the emails, fake accounts, doorstep packages, and the FBI investigation that drags the whole operation into the light.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topics include&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;EcommerceBytes, Ina and David Steiner, and the criticism eBay could not ignore&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;eBay cyberstalking tactics, fake accounts, and a harassment campaign gone rogue&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;Threat Matrix, private dossiers, and what Global Security thought it was doing&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;How the FBI traced the stalking back to eBay executives and DOJ charges&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Resources and Further Reading
&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay_stalking_scandal"&gt;eBay stalking scandal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Wikipedia&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2021/12/02/ebay-ecommercebytes-stalking/"&gt;Take her down&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Boston Magazine&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wired.com/story/ebay-employees-charged-cyberstalking-harassment-campaign/"&gt;Execs Made Life Hell for Critics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Wired&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://static.ebayinc.com/assets/Uploads/Documents/usa-v.-ebay-inc.-deferred-prosecution-agreement.pdf"&gt;USA vs. eBay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Defered Prosecution Agreement&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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The eBay stalking scandal follows how criticism of EcommerceBytes escalated into cyberstalking, harassment, and a bizarre “Threat Matrix” operation that ended with an FBI investigation and federal charges.

The 2019 eBay Stalking Scandal: When Tech Giants Become Stalkers

The West Memphis Three story is a nightmare of panic, pressure, and vanished evidence, where a confession mattered more than truth.
In 1993, three eight-year-old boys vanished in West Memphis, Arkansas, then turned up murdered in Robin Hood Hills. As the Satanic Panic crept into the investigation, police chased a satanic ritual narrative and built a case around Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jesse Misskelley, fuelled by a false confession and courtroom “experts” who should never have been there. Years later, the hair evidence in a ligature knot and the Alford plea that freed them leave one brutal question hanging: if they walked out, who never got caught?
Topics include
<ul>
 	<li>Satanic Panic hysteria and a wrongful conviction built on fear</li>
 	<li>Jesse Misskelley’s false confession and the interrogation tactics behind it</li>
 	<li>Paradise Lost and West of Memphis, and how the documentaries shifted the case</li>
 	<li>The Alford plea, the hair evidence in the knot, and why the case stayed unresolved</li>
 	<li>DNA testing and the long fight for full exoneration</li>
</ul>
Resources and Further Reading
<ul>
 	<li><a title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three">West Memphis Three</a> - Wikipedia</li>
 	<li><a title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_panic" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_panic">The Satanic Panic</a> - Wikipedia</li>
 	<li><a title="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117293/" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117293/">Paradise Lost (1996)</a> - Documentry</li>
 	<li><a title="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2130321/" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2130321/">West of Memphis (2012)</a> - Peter Jackson</li>
 	<li><a title="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Devils-Knot-Story-Memphis-Three/dp/0743417607" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Devils-Knot-Story-Memphis-Three/dp/0743417607">Devil's Knot</a> - Mara Leveritt</li>
</ul>
Host &amp; Show Info<ul><li>Hosts:&nbsp;Kyle Risi &amp; Adam Cox</li><li>Intro Music: <a href="https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-alice-in-dark-wonderland-123894/">Alice in dark Wonderland</a></li></ul>Community &amp; Calls to Action<ul><li>Review &amp; follow on: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30Hh0xbotgbIyCL5tJE4zJ?si=OZdR3QfHSaae_HuBdFlPQA" target="_blank">Spotify</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-compendium-podcast-an-assembly/id1676817109" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></li><li>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank"> @theCompendiumPodcast</a></li><li>Website: <a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com" target="_blank">thecompendiumpodcast.com</a></li><li>Support us: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank">Sign up to Patreon</a></li><li>Circus Job Board: <a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com/jobs">Apply to join the Circus</a></li></ul>Share this episode with a friend!&nbsp;If you enjoyed it, tag us on social media and let us know your favourite takeaway. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;The West Memphis Three story is a nightmare of panic, pressure, and vanished evidence, where a confession mattered more than truth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In 1993, three eight-year-old boys vanished in West Memphis, Arkansas, then turned up murdered in Robin Hood Hills. As the Satanic Panic crept into the investigation, police chased a satanic ritual narrative and built a case around Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jesse Misskelley, fuelled by a false confession and courtroom “experts” who should never have been there. Years later, the hair evidence in a ligature knot and the Alford plea that freed them leave one brutal question hanging: if they walked out, who never got caught?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topics include&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;Satanic Panic hysteria and a wrongful conviction built on fear&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;Jesse Misskelley’s false confession and the interrogation tactics behind it&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;Paradise Lost and West of Memphis, and how the documentaries shifted the case&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;The Alford plea, the hair evidence in the knot, and why the case stayed unresolved&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;DNA testing and the long fight for full exoneration&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Resources and Further Reading&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three"&gt;West Memphis Three&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Wikipedia&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_panic" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_panic"&gt;The Satanic Panic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Wikipedia&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a title="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117293/" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117293/"&gt;Paradise Lost (1996)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Documentry&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a title="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2130321/" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2130321/"&gt;West of Memphis (2012)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Peter Jackson&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a title="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Devils-Knot-Story-Memphis-Three/dp/0743417607" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Devils-Knot-Story-Memphis-Three/dp/0743417607"&gt;Devil's Knot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Mara Leveritt&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Host &amp;amp; Show Info&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hosts:&amp;nbsp;Kyle Risi &amp;amp; Adam Cox&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Intro Music: &lt;a href="https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-alice-in-dark-wonderland-123894/"&gt;Alice in dark Wonderland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community &amp;amp; Calls to Action&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Review &amp;amp; follow on: &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/30Hh0xbotgbIyCL5tJE4zJ?si=OZdR3QfHSaae_HuBdFlPQA" target="_blank"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-compendium-podcast-an-assembly/id1676817109" target="_blank"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Instagram:&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank"&gt; @theCompendiumPodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Website: &lt;a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com" target="_blank"&gt;thecompendiumpodcast.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Support us: &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/thecompendiumpodcast" target="_blank"&gt;Sign up to Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Circus Job Board: &lt;a href="https://www.thecompendiumpodcast.com/jobs"&gt;Apply to join the Circus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Share this episode with a friend!&amp;nbsp;If you enjoyed it, tag us on social media and let us know your favourite takeaway.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The West Memphis Three case is a brutal lesson in how Satanic Panic logic, pressure, and a false confession can steamroll evidence. Even after release via an Alford plea, the fight for full exoneration - and answers - refuses to die.


West Memphis Three: Paradise Lost, Justice Lost, Innocence Lost

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